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Perfect For Christmas: M&S Exclusive Collection with Fearne Cotton – ‘Happy Place’

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Fearne Cotton’s new range has dropped at M&S and we are in love. Our favourite is the marshmallows on the fire scented candle. It’s stylish and smells great. Perfect for Autumn. They also make great gifts.

M&S introduces an Exclusive Home Fragrance and Beauty Collection with Fearne Cotton: the ‘Happy Place’ Range.

The launch of Happy Place, a new and exclusive collection with Fearne Cotton, has landed at M&S Home Fragrance & Beauty.

The collection focuses on creating refreshing spaces, influenced by those experiences which create light and happiness in our lives. Celebrating those simple joys, the Happy Place range is designed to encourage serene unwinding and wellbeing.

Exclusively available at M&S, the range features 18 beautifully created, perfectly giftable pieces. These include home fragrances, such as 60g votive candles, 100ml diffusers with natural rattan reeds, 180g single wick, and 500g three wick scented candles.

Across beauty, products include a selection of soft eye masks, bath salts, pillow sprays, hand creams and body washes.

Find your Happy Place with M&S and Fearne Cotton exclusively at M&S now.

Luxe Mother’s Day Gifts To Buy Right Now.

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Helly Hansen’s W Aden Insulated Coat

This is a gorgeous coat that looks amazing on and is so well made. I love it. RRP: £98.00

www.hellyhansen.com/en_gb/w-aden-insulated-coat-62649?color=624121

This classic long insulated rain jacket offers a clean look and full protection.

The Long Aden is a Helly Hansen® classic. Clean Scandinavian styling makes this an easy to wear jacket and the packable hood can be tucked in for an even cleaner look while providing full protection when needed. Our insulated version features the full Helly Hansen® Functionality: ® waterproof, windproof and breathable keeps you dry and PrimaLoft® insulation adds warmth to the colder days. A perfect piece for the seasonal transitions

Polar Unite

Love this. Looks stylish and perfect for workouts. RRP: £134.00

www.polar.com/en/unite

Polar Unite is a beautifully simple watch with personalized daily workout guidance, 24/7 heart rate and activity tracking, plus automatic sleep and recovery applications.

Chatham’s Arlington Premium Suede Chelsea Boots

These are so stylish and comfortable. The quality is amazing. Couldn’t love them more. RRP: £89.00

www.chatham.co.uk/arlington-navy-suede-chelsea-boots

A sleek and sophisticated country boot, our Arlington Chelsea boots are a chic new style in our women’s collection. Beautifully crafted in Portugal from premium oiled suede in navy, these stylish women’s Chelsea boots have elastic side panels in contrasting dark red, stitch detail and a pull-on back tab.

Our Top Pick is Perfect For Easter: Delicario Sweet Easter Hamper

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best easter hamperThere was much excitement when the Delicario Sweet Easter Hamper arrived at our home. ‘What is that?’ the children endlessly enquired. The husband asked when we would break into it. Well, it was not that long after it arrived, no one has that amount of willpower.

The hamper includes hand-crafted mini eggs (which are the best I have ever tasted) and a Madagascar dark chocolate egg for connoisseurs from Italian artisan chocolatier Autore (which is out of this world). Delicious melt-in-the-mouth sourdough Pear and Chocolate Bauletto cake (one of the best cakes I have ever tasted, just glorious), fragrant lemon biscuit and crunchy rich dark chocolate and hazelnut Goloso biscuits (both gone quickly). It sells for £79.50 and is worth every penny.

I love Easter and this hamper gives instant joy. I cannot recommend it enough.

There is a greeting card and personal message included. The hamper itself and the greetings card are elegant and beautiful.

easter cake

It is available here: https://www.delicario.com/hampers-gifts/p/delicario-sweet-easter-hamper Treat yourself, or someone else, now.

Frost Loves: Winsor & Newton Gift Range 2017

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Frost loves these art sets from Winsor & Newton. The fine art supplier has the most beautiful gift sets of top-quality art materials. A perfect show-stopping gift.

Just in time for the holiday season, Winsor & Newton, one of the world’s leading fine art suppliers have released their 2017 Gift Range. Combining craftsmanship with innovation, this all year round gift collection is perfect for all artists and crafters alike.

The range consists of five curated sets, each containing a collection of world class art materials including ink, water colour, acrylic paint, mediums and metallic markers and presented in a beautiful keepsake box. I was wondering if you would be interested in including a set from the gift range in your Christmas Gift Guide?

Winsor & Newton 2017 Gift Collections

 For the budding artist, inspiration starts here.

The new gift range is built upon Winsor & Newton’s extensive knowledge, passion and artistic understanding to curate and has been designed to ignite artistic journeys that will excite the mind and engage the senses with each set containing a unique collection of high-performance art materials.

Winsor & Newton is one of the world’s leading suppliers of fine art materials. Drawing on a commitment to quality and a tradition of innovation, the brand remains dedicated to the craft of the fine artist, providing them with new ways to explore their creativity and share their work with a worldwide community. These sets offer artists and non-artists the chance to gift creativity, to kickstart, improve or round-off an artist’s collections of the finest art materials

Christmas Gifts: Sweet Treats

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Sweet treats are always great stocking fillers at Christmas as well as something naughty to have on the table at Christmas time. We’ve selected our favourite festive sweet treats that’s bound to bring joy to anyone this Winter.

Mr Stanley’s Confectionary.

We were most impressed with their traditional and elegant packaging. Mr Stanley’s confectionary pays homage to an old era of confectioners and we think that anyone with an appreciation for sweeties will love a gift from Mr Stanley’s. Great for stocking fillers or as a good selection for your Christmas table, our favourites from the Christmas collection were;
Mini Candy Canes – £3 I love to use these to decorate the tree or stick on the front of Christmas cards.
Festive Fudge Selection – £3.99 Rich and buttery, Mr Stanley’s covered all of the festive flavours with Christmas pudding fudge, Salted caramel fudge, Mincemeat butter fudge, Christmas spice with orange fudge to choose from.
White Chocolate Matches with Popping Candy – £6.99 We love this luxurious and delicious candy and the extra pop made it all the more fun. And if it’s milk or dark chocolate you prefer than Mr Stanley have got an assortment of chocolate matches to suit you.
These were just a selection of our favourites but be sure to check out their full range online which includes traditional sweets, liquorice and candy, sweet jars and biscuits.

mrstanleys.co.uk


Divine Chocolate

Divine Chocolate are proud of where their chocolate comes from. They are the only Fairtrade chocolate company co-owned by cocoa farmers and this Christmas, they are launching a new range of chocolate gifts to send and share with loved ones. Spoil someone this year with their New Divine Luxury Collection RRP £8 which includes 16 dusted truffles encased in 70% dark chocolate. Or how about their new thins to add to their dark chocolate mint thins and dark chocolate ginger thins, this year they have Dark Chocolate Salted Caramel Thins RRP £4. For something completely festive, why not try a bar to share in limited edition flavours Milk Chocolate with spiced cookies or Dark Chocolate with cranberries and hazelnuts both RRP at £2.40. By supporting Divine Chocolate and choosing their range of delicious gifts, the co-ownership with the farmers ensures that they receive a share of the profits and enables them to gain a greater insight of their industry. All of the products mentioned are available to buy in Waitrose and Oxfam but to check out more of their range visit

divinechocolate.com

Cutter and Squidge

Need something sweet for your Christmas afters this year, Cutter and Squidge the Soho based bakery have a lovely range of products including their famous Biskies and Dream Cakes to suit anyone with a sweet tooth. Their focus on natural premium ingredients will make sure anything you try is made with extra love and care and the Festive Collection is no different with it being free from preservatives and additives and handmade from scratch. All products apart from the cakes can be shipped nationwide with the exception of the Vegan Chocolate Fudge Cake which is available to be shipped anywhere in the UK. We recommend you try a Festive Biskie Box which you can choose between Coconut Melted Snowman Biskie, Black Forest Biskie, Gingerbread Man Biskie and Christmas Wreath Biskie. The attention to detail and quality will just blow you away. If you’re looking for something a little more substantial, why not try a bespoke hamper which are packed full of tempting and delicious goodies and range from £75-£250. Check out their huge and impressive range at

cutterandsquidge.com

Wilko’s Foodie Gifts for a Fiver

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This year Wilko’s have launched an exciting and purse-friendly line of gifts with something for everyone. We picked a selection of our favourite gifts for foodies which are bound to fly of the shelves in the lead up to Christmas. With bargain prices and a focus on quality these gifts are set to impress

Inferno Spice Set

 For anyone who likes to add a little zest to their cooking the Inferno Spice Set contains 4 full sized bottles of different seasonings. Charred chilli onion, Flaming chilli parsley, Inferno garlic chilli and Sizzling chilli salt. The product is a well packaged and the perfect gift for anyone who likes to get experimental in the kitchen. Priced at £5 for 4 bottles you are getting a lot of bang for your buck.

Day of the Dead Skull Filled with Hot Sauce

This Skull is not just impressive to look at, but will add heat to many a meal. We loved the look of the skull and with 750ml of hot sauce you’re sure to be supplied for a while. Originally priced at £7 per bottle Wilko have recently dropped the price down to £5 and whats more, once the sauce is done the skull is a fab novelty to add to any household and looks way more pricier than a fiver.


Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix with Skillet

 Make your own cookie with this skillet set. Included is a chocolate chip cookie mix and an iron skillet. This is perfect for someone who likes to get creative in the kitchen and the iron skillet is worth more than £5 alone.
All of the above gifts and many more are available to purchase in store.

Christmas Gifts : A Guide to Great Spirits and Liqueurs

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Foxhole Gin

Try an innovative English Gin this Christmas, multi-award winning Foxhole Gin has been created with a passion for sustainability. Distilled with a spirit made from tonnes of pressed grapes wineries usually throw away, Foxhole Gin rescues them to produce a beautifully balanced, aromatic and charming spirit. You’re bound to impress with their sophisticated packaging with a unique and impressive gin to match inside. Foxhole have a curated a selection of their range ideal for Christmas including;

Foxhole miniatures are a great stocking filler.

If you’re looking for a gift for collectors try the marc 3 limited gift pack which contains a 700ml bottle of the Foxhole Gin: marc 3 gift wrapped and adorned with an antique copper Foxhole spirits badge. marc 3 is strictly limited to 500 bottles due to the 8760 hrs it takes to produce this using the valuable 2015 by products from Sussex Vineyards.

Digital Gift Cards,

Available in (£10, £25, £50, £75, £100) this can be used to purchase any Foxhole Gin products on their online store including tonics.

foxholespirits.com

Baileys

This Christmas there are five different Baileys for you to try. For someone who like to keep it traditional we have Baileys Original and this year they have launched their new dairy free Baileys Almande. Blending crushed almonds, almond oil and essence of real vanilla, this new product is dairy free and vegan friendly and available at whole foods stores across the UK. Also available is the Baileys Chocolate Luxe blended with Belgian Chocolate and Baileys Original Irish Cream, Baileys Coffee and Baileys Orange Truffle.

baileys.com


Greenall’s Sloe Gin

Greenall’s the traditional British Gin have recently launched their new Sloe Gin recipe which is designed to be the perfect winter tipple. This ruby red blend of sweet sloe berries produces strong notes of almonds and cherry. Greenall’s created with a traditional, hand-crafted recipe has been made to be enjoyed not just as a liqueur but also as a great base for a cocktail. We highly recommend the ‘take it sloe toddy’ as your ultimate winter warmer. Greenall’s Sloe Gin is made through a completely natural and hands on method using only the product of the 8 weeks of sloe berry maceration. No additional juices or artificial colours are added and mixing is done by hand using the traditional Greenall’s recipe which has remained unchanged for more than 250 years.

Greenall’s Sloe Gin is available to buy through amazon.co.uk priced at £18 a bottle.

amazon.co.uk

Amarula

Personally, no feast is complete without an Irish Coffee and my perfect variation of one would definitely contain Amarula. This mysterious and creamy liqueur is distilled in South Africa and produced from the fruit of the Marula tree is aged in french oak before being blended into its luxurious creamy texture giving it a sweet honey caramel texture. This versatile liqueur can be enjoyed on the rocks, as a spicy winter warmer and even in desserts for all the bakers out there. Amarula has a 24month shelf life but we can’t guarantee it will last that long in your drinks cupboard as you won’t be able to get enough of it’s luxurious taste and texture.

Amarula is available in 700ml bottles and available to buy from multiple major retailers priced at £12.50 a bottle.

Christmas Gifts for Wine Lovers

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We have selected a few unique and innovative gifting options this Christmas for anyone who loves to receive wine. From subscription boxes to wine days out you can’t go wrong with our versatile selection.

Your Sommelier : French Wine Box

This subscription service offers you 3 stunning French wines each month. Ccarefully selected from independent vineyards, Your Sommelier will provide tasting cards and key info to help you learn all about your wines which will be presented in your own Your Sommelier folder, free with each subscription. The subscription options will be for 1 month, 3 month or 6 months ranging from £36-£60. There is no minimum contract and you can cancel anytime making it perfect for a one off gift or for something a little bit more special.

yoursommelier.co.uk

sipp

Designed for Millennials, this wine club comes with a difference. sipp is the World’s first Augmented Reality wine club which comes with it’s own app. You pick a box online and whichever wines you receive you can scan with your smartphone and receive your very own private tasting experience. sipp helps bring to life all the knowledge of the wine as well as offering up adequate food pairings. sipp was designed to get rid of all the snobbery associated with wine tasting and creating a fun and easy to learn guide on the wines you love. Through sipp you can either purchase a one off gift or their subscription. Join sippClub for just £29 per month and you will receive wines worth up to £45 with no minimum contract and free P&P making it the perfect gift for someone who loves wine already and wants to learn more about the World of wine. Other specialist gift boxes are available and for a limited time, they are running a special Christmas discount on all gifts. We tried it out and thought that this was by far one of the most comprehensive and easy to understand hacks into the World of Wine.

sippwine.co.uk

WWW.WineCellarDoor.co.uk

Offering you a comprehensive guide to all of the visitor friendly vineyards in the UK, this website has an array of experiences and tours for anyone who loves their wine. With a gift for absolutely anyone, winecellardoor.co.uk offers events and tastings at a number of wine estates, giving you a chance to curate your very own wine day out. Through their online shop you can purchase wines produced in the UK’s finest vineyards or you can even check the events page to see what wine related events are happening around the UK from free events to taking part in official wine courses. Our top picks are: Yoga in the Vineyard priced at £85 at Hambledon Vineyard, Christmas Wreath making course also at Hambledon Vineyard and Denbies Cellar Sparkling Wine tasting and Gallery Restaurant Dinner at the Denbies wine estate in Surrey.

www.WineCellarDoor.co.uk

Cheers!